One of the most entertaining freeper threads I've read

[Fuzz]

It's got nearly every kind of prejudice, bigotry, paranoia, freeper wisdom and even some infighting. I found it really entertaining, but then again, I've been drinking, just a little.

Some samples:

"Excuses, excuses. You're obviously uneducated and a name calling bitch, . . . ."

"I know several trashy people with money, I know several rich people who are poor"

"I sympathize. The cost of health care is staggering."

"TWO of my credit cards look like the American flag. I hate to think that there are some people who will look at my method of paying for my groceries and assume something because of that." - she's afraid someone might think she's on welfare.

"But you will be rich one day and she will not. The poor waste their money, which is why they're poor!"

"They were Black but just had the look of wealth. They bought over two hundred dollars worth of meat and paid for it with food stamps.
I followed them out and noticed they got into a new Alfa Romeo sports car."

"And she bought steak and Chicken Voila while I'm eating tuna and burger."

And so much more!!!

lol

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/985956/posts

[Skittles]

1. LOL!!!

"THEY GOT A NEW ALFA ROMEO." $200 worth of meat in a ALFA ROMEO. Oh, the HUMANITY.

[Old and In the Way]

20. And Alfa isn't even marketed in the US anymore......

Damn welfare people personally importing their vehicles now.

The mythologies that these people create are sooo strange.

[Hubert Flottz]

30. I've got some meat for the Freepers!

Hangin'!

[Brian Sweat]

2. "And she bought steak and Chicken Voila while I'm eating tuna and burger."

If you're (the original poster) so poor you cannot afford steak and Chicken, why are you a Republican?

By the way, this whole story about how they saw someone pay for nice lots of food with food stamps and drive away in a nice car while the story teller has to by mac and cheeze has been around the block so many times it's not even funny.

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. I knew I shouldn't have clicked...

those folks are mental.

[disgruntella]

4. Oh, this is priceless!

"The poor can be without retirement plans, education, teeth, and health insurance, but they MUST have HBO's debauchery. It's scarey."

[CarlBallard]

6. Really

I know that it's true because HBO costs the same as retirement, education, teeth, and health insurance. I don't even have HBO (or dental insurance, I assume that's what they mean by teeth) and I can't follow this person's logic.

[Brian Sweat]

11. I remember a tv townhall meeting back in 1992 or maybe 1988

They had the state representative who was a proto-freeper. The topic was health care and she said something to the effect that if people didn't need a second tv, they could afford their own health care. She got booed.

[Langis]

5. The first post did it for me

I really think this person is retarded. Not delusional or anything, just retarded.



"The story is this:

My mom and I were visiting this Mexican friend of hers (legal resident, if you ask) who is pregnant, and this lady lives in a trailer park strategically located in Chesterfield, an upscale suburb of St. Louis.

The leftists always rant and rave about how the "poor" are oppressed here in the "evil American empire", but the reality is very different:

-Half of the trailers sported a satellite dish, the other half have digital cable with HBO and Cinemax.

-None, and I say none, of the cars at the park, looked like it was more than 5 years old, and most of them were spanking new SUVs.

-The children looked well fed, and they were well clothed, and riding bikes which looked pricey.

So the next time an unwashed communist "poor people activist" tells you about horror stories about poverty in America, please, tell him to f*** off and tell him/her most people around the world would kill to be "poor" in America."

[Demobrat]

9. This is such a crackup.

Just exactly who are the poor people supposed to be in this story? Is the Mexican friend supposed to be poor because she is Mexican? Are people who live in trailer parks automatically supposed to be poor because they live in trailers? Even trailers in pricey neighborhoods? Whoever wrote this has no idea what poverty is. Maybe someday she'll find out.

[Brian Sweat]

12. Yes, all mexicans are poor

so the people in that trailer park must have been poor.

[Skittles]

36. heaven help us if a freeper sees Mexicans in a trailer park

Lordy, lordy - did you know they represent all poor people in America? Do THEY know?

[directinfection]

37. mexicans in trailer parks?

don't all the mexicans make a run for the border by nightfall? I love their absolute hate of the "illegals"...I'd love to transform all the freepers into illegal MEXICAN aliens and see how they handle it.

this statement is classic: -The children looked well fed, and they were well clothed, and riding bikes which looked pricey.

what would she be expecting? poor people with holes in their clothes resembling emaciated children from africa? Not all trailer park inhabitants live below the poverty line.

thanks for the post, these people are a hoot!

[Demobrat]

38. How dare they not have less than me?

If I'm not better than an illegal, then who am I better than?

[newyawker99]

46. Hi directinfection!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Old and In the Way]

23. Quite a story, actually.

It's difficult to create a fable about the poor, putting them in an upscale neighborhood. But apparently that get's fixed with the trailer reference.

I wonder how that person knew they were getting HBO and Cinemax ("other half have digital cable with HBO and Cinemax")...did she take a neighborhood poll, peek in the windows, or tap into their cable signal?

The stories some people will create in order to justify their biases is quite amazing, I think.

[TeeYiYi]

7. This one's my fave . . .

"But you will be rich one day and she will not. The poor waste their money, which is why they're poor!"

This statement is fraught with contradictions. *lol*:crazy:

TYY

[Fuzz]

8. Best post yet!

"I can always predict how someone's going to pay for their food. If I see a cart with a few selections, cheaper cuts of meat and store brand labels, I know they'll be paying with money. If I see a cart filled to the top with pre-decorated cakes --$25-40 kinds, cokes, the expensive ice cream , candy, cookies, expensive brands then they'll be using food stamps."

The thread even has wizards!!


:bounce: :beer:

[Demobrat]

10. Why on earth would anybody care

what a stranger in a supermarket bought, much less how they paid for it? I don't get it. I really don't. I don't think I have ever once in my life noticed what the person in line ahead of me took out of their cart. Am I just oblivious, too wrapped up in People magazine, or what?

[Brian Sweat]

16. Why are these RICH freeper shopping in grocery stores

in the same neighbor hood as people so poor they need to use food stamps.

Also, people who recieve food stamps have children. People who have kids tend to have full buggies at the checkout lines.

[no_arbusto]

40. Where are you from Brian?

PA,WV,OH,Buffalo? "buggies" gives you away! LOL

[Gman]

13. Evolution threads at FR look like Clark vs. Dean threads here

I get a kick out of them.

[madmax]

14. This is what happens when you live in a right to work state

'Hey, I feel ya on the changed economic circumstances. My hubby is self employed and has been out of work for 3 months. See, the problem here is that the illegals are undercutting prices for his type of work ( he is a brick mason ) and the contractors don't care if these folks are legit or not. They only care about getting the lowest price for the job.'

[Demobrat]

34. Follow the money, honey.

Gee I wonder who's making out on this deal. Not you. Not the illegals. They're working for $3 hour with no benefits. So, it must be...the contractor! Now, you ask youself, Is that contractor a D or an R? Bet he's a good old god-fearin', flag wavin' R, ain't he? Now, I want you to think about that the next time you and your family sit down to your fifth dinner in a row of Top Ramen. How much money he's making off of the illegal's cheap labor, and how he really couldn't give a crap if you and your family are left out in the cold. Then, what the hell, after dinner go back to watching Fox. It's so much easier than thinking.

(No offense to any contractors here, of course!)

[Robin Hood]

15. Ummm, You only get a little over one hundred bucks a month in food stamps.

And your personal wealth is used in the process of qualifying for food stamps. So, if you owned a new Alfa Romeo(Do they make those anymore), it would automatically not qualify you for food stamps.

This only backs up my theory that at the core of Republican politics lies a racist/classist agenda.

The above rhetoric is nothing but racist lies.

[Brian Sweat]

17. Hell yeah, they still make Alfa Romeo's

they just don't sell them in the states anymore. Haven't for years.

[Old and In the Way]

27. You are correct.....obviously, would have to import it..

Even better, they had it shipped from Italy!; I read about these welfare people doing this all the time....

But, heck, it's a great story even if it isn't factual, right?

[T Bone]

35. If the poor people didn't have the shipping charges for the AlphaRomeo

they could afford their damn groceries instead of leaching off the taxpayers !

Thank you Bob Boudelang.

[eleny]

18. Having worked in Social Services for almost 30 years....

I've heard that story in so many variations of vehicle. But it's always the same kind of meat - beef. Fancy, pricey beef. Never once have I ever been behind people in line buying fancy groceries with stamps. :tinfoilhat:

[Brian Sweat]

19. How about food stamp fraud

Could someone buy food stamps from people, say at 75 cents on the dollar and then go to the store and spend a couple hundred dollars worth?

[eleny]

25. Not so easy since there are no more paper coupons

There are now food stamp cards like a credit card. They swipe it like a credit card and the data base knows how much is left in the FS account.

I suppose there are ways to sell the card to someone else. I don't know if the cards have a photo on them. I've been retired four years.

[bitchkitty]

29. They don't.

I had an EBT card when I was disabled. You have a pin number, same as a debit card.

[eleny]

33. I wonder if all states are the same?

So long as they stay within the federal guidelines, they can do things a bit different. So some states could have cards with photos and others not. Maybe I should keep my eyes peeled at the grocery store? :think:

[Woodstock]

21. Proof they have holes in their chests where their hearts should be

My only hope for them is that the worm will turn. I guess while they are touting their superior morality, they never heard the words of a guy called Jesus:

"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." (Matthew 7:12 KJV)

"Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven (Luke 6:37-38 KJV)

"For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." (Matthew 5:14-15 KJV)

[Brian Sweat]

22. No the holes are in their heads.

[lancemurdoch]

24. The difference between us and freepers

If you search freerepublic for Democratic Underground, you won't find a lot. That's because they have a ban on mentioning DU there! I don't know what it's all about, but it's mentioned in the few posts that you can find on a search for DU.

That's one difference between us and them - can you imagine a DU rule that no one was allowed to mention the existence of FR? I've been banned from their twice, and gave up. The first time I posted something about how if you look at the Forbes 400 richest Americans, half of them inherited ALL of their money. There were a bunch of responses and then the thread was killed and I was banned. The second time I don't even remember what I posted...immediately different people started posting ZOT! ZOT! ZOT! and whatever I said went down the memory hole pretty quickly.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

26. Most of the people I've noticed using food stamps

are buying cans of tuna, baby formula, and very low-priced groceries. These idiots over at FR are too much-spreading urban legends as usual.

[Robin Hood]

28. The truth is that Freepers are the biggest welfare queens of all.

Look at the huge amounts spent on farm subsidies. Another words, you are paying farmers not to grow food so that when you go to the grocerie store, most of your products are falsely inflated, so you spend even more.

And what about the billions upon billions spent on corporate welfare. Or sweet heart pentagon contracts.

Compared to these fat cats, welfare is not even significant enough to mention.

[NWHarkness]

31. Clueless Morons

My sister used to be on food stamps, after her no account husband left her with 3 small children.

Food stamps don't cover everything; they cover FOOD.

Need toothpaste? Pay cash. Toilet paper? Pay cash. Shampoo? Cash. Dish soap? Cash. Shoe laces? Batteries for the smoke detector? Laundry detergent? Cash.Cash.Cash.

So one of the obvious strategies food stamp recipients use is to go shopping with a friend or family member, and swap items. She would purchase my food items using her stamps while I bought her goods that were not covered with cash. Then we'd swap.

That's the sort of things people on assistance do to get by. But some moron sticking their nose in where it doesn't belong would see steak, ice cream and other luxury items and jump to the sort of stupid conclusion that these freepers do.

[Cat Atomic]

32. This is odd.

"The 'poor' in America are:

1) Obese due to too many calories.
2) Drive automobiles.
3) Have televisions - usually color.
4) Often have air-conditioning.
5) Cannot be denied emergency medical treatment anywhere in the United States.
6) Are often subsidized by the state in terms of food, housing and medical care.

Why work?"

Well, if the poor have it so great, why doesn't this guy quit his job? I mean, geez... poverty sounds like paradise.

[grasswire]

39. what the hell...

....is chicken voila, anyhoo?

[no_arbusto]

44. Chicken Voila.....

is an amazing creation that combines (get this) pre-cooked chicken breast mixed with stir fried vegetables in a BAG! Just heat and eat. Obviously a gourmet freeper meal. In college, my friends and I would buy a bag of this shit, cook it, and then eat the left overs for lunch. Very costly too, at about $4.99 a bag! /sarcasm

On edit: I think it's been discontinued. Here's a picture though:

[ComerPerro]

41. Great point

If the poor have it so great, why doesn't this guy quit his job and become one of them? If he really believes this and he doesn't quit his job, then he is an idiot.

I always run into this delimma with FReepers. Either they really believe what they are saying, which means they are complete morons; or they don't believe what they are saying but they say it anyway, which means they are evil, slanderous assholes.

[ComerPerro]

42. LOL

So the next time an unwashed communist "poor people activist" tells you about horror stories about poverty in America, please, tell him to f*** off and tell him/her most people around the world would kill to be "poor" in America.

Don't worry, you won't have to kill to be poor in America soon enough. Soon, there will only be two classes: The poor, and Bush's friends.

Don't these FReeper idots know they are just whores and tools for the upper class? I mean, they can't be so stupid not to know that a flat tax, the elimination of the inheritance tax, tax cuts for the wealthy, and a national sales tax would fuck them over?

[Nikia]

43. Why shouldn't they be able to get a few good items?

It is their choice if they buy a steak instead of three packs of hot dogs. Perhpas, they might have a favorite higher priced cereal or want some fresh vegtables every once in a while. If food stamps are their food budget, yes they need to be careful of how much they spend on higher priced items to feed their family. Why is it a crime though if a poor person gets to eat something other than the whatever is cheap?

[ComerPerro]

45. It pisses conservatives off

because they equate money and possessions with wealth. If you are poor, you shouldn't be able to have anything nice, even a good meal.

The idea of a poor person having a nice TV boggles their minds, because they have the same model television. And if a poor person has the same TV as them, how can they be sure that they are better than the poor person?

This is why these jerkoffs are so gung ho about the fascism that is slowly setting in. The appeal of fascism is that there is always someone below you. In Germany, it was the Jews. No matter how poor a German was, he could be confident that he was better than the Jews, and could treat them like shit.

FReepers love fascism as long as it promotes thier agenda.

The horridly ironic thing is, I am pretty sure that most of those FReepers weren't benifited by anything Bush has done (he might have thrown them $300 in a tax cut, but thats it). But he has bought them off successfully.